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I decided to finally install Ubuntu 8.04.1 on my desktop today.  One issue I seem to always have with a new Linux distribution is trying to figure out how to get surround sound to work with my sound card.  My desktop is currently using the Creative Audigy SE sound card (ca0106) which can be very un-Linux friendly. With Arch and Gentoo Linux, I was able to get surround sound … [Read more...] about Ubuntu ca0106 Audigy SE sound card working with 5.1

Well, I finally did it today.  I was able to remaster Ubuntu 8.04.1 with Vietnamese language support.  I used remastersys to essentially create a replica Ubuntu system from my Thinkpad to create a new bootable LiveDVD image.  I tested out the LiveDVD and scim was installed by default with working Vietnamese keyboard options.  Those of you used to unikey will have no problem … [Read more...] about Remastered Ubuntu with Vietnamese language support

Last Saturday, I got a fully running Ubuntu 8.04.1 system on my Thinkpad T60.  Everything is working out of the box including WiFi which was an issue with some other distros.  Vu, a fellow Vietnamese Linux geek, got scim running so I can type Vietnamese fonts.  I want to remaster Ubuntu with Vietnamese language support for some of my students and future staff. What is nice … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.1 on my Thinkpad T60

About a month ago, I accused my Samsung hard drive of creating my many problems with Gentoo and then Arch Linux. At the time, the errors I received seem to indicate that I was having problems with my SATA hard drive.  After reviewing several forums, I decided to buy a new Western Digital SATA drive.  I reinstalled Arch and had a nice stable system for nearly a month. Then … [Read more...] about Linux Desktop back up running